India claimed a thrashing victory against Windies on Thursday (27th June) at Manchester in the match 34 of the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
After winning the toss, India managed to score 268/7 (50 overs) in the first innings. In reply, Windies was bundled out for just 143 runs (34.2 overs) and India won this match by 125 runs.
Brief Scores: India – 268/7 in 50 overs (Virat Kohli 72, MS Dhoni 56*; Kemar Roach 3/36)
Windies – 143 in 34.2 overs (Sunil Ambris 31, Nicholas Pooran 28; Mohammed Shami 4/16)
Result – India won by 125 runs
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(Teams’ stats)
India
i) India scored 268/7 in 50 overs.
- It is the joint highest total for India against Windies in Cricket World Cup history. Earlier, India scored 268 runs (49.1 overs) against Windies at Chennai on 20th March 2011.
ii) India won this match by 125 runs.
- It is the largest ODI victory (by runs) for India against Windies outside India. Their previous largest record was winning by 105 runs at Port of Spain on 25th June 2017.
Windies
i) Windies was bundled out for just 143 runs (34.2 overs).
- It is the second lowest completed total for Windies against India in Cricket World Cup history. The lowest record is 140 (52 overs) at Lord’s on 25th June 1983.
(Players’ stats)
Chris Gayle
i) Windies star Chris Gayle played his 454th international game for this team.
- It is the joint most international matches for Windies for a player. Gayle has equalled with the record of Shivnarine Chanderpaul (454 international matches).
Virat Kohli
i) Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored his fourth successive 50+ score (82, 77, 67 and 72) in the ongoing Cricket World Cup.
- Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to score four consecutive 50+ scores in the Cricket World Cup history. In the 1992 CWC, Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin played three consecutive 50+ scores.
ii) It was Virat Kohli’s 94th 50+ score in ODI career.
- Virat Kohli is the joint second most 50+ scorer for the Indian national cricket team in ODI history. Rahul Dravid also hit 94 times 50+ scores for India while Sachin Tendulkar is on top of them with 145 times 50+ scores for India.
iii) Indian captain Virat Kohli scored 72 runs.
- It is the highest individual score by an Indian captain against Windies in Cricket World Cup history. The previous record was 61 by Mohammad Azharuddin at Wellington on 10th March 1992.
iv) Playing his 417th international innings, Virat Kohli (20,035) completed his 20,000 international runs.
- Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to complete 20,000 international runs. The previous record holders were Sachin Tendulkar (India) and Brian Lara (West Indies) as both achieved this feat in 453 international innings.
- Virat Kohli is the 12th overall batsman and third Indian batsman to complete 20,000 international runs.
v) Under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, it was India’s 10th successive ODI victory outside India.
- Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to win ten consecutive ODI matches outside India.
Mohammed Shami
i) Indian pacer Mohammed Shami had the bowling figures of 6.2-0-16-4.
- It is the best bowling figures in Cricket World Cup history by an Indian bowler against Windies. The previous record was 7-0-12-3 by Mohinder Amarnath at Lord’s on 25th June 1983.
- It is the second best ODI bowling figures by an Indian pacer against Windies. The record is 7.3-0-26-5 by Sanjeev Sharma at Sharjah on 16th October 1988.